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The future stands in need of you in order to be born.

Martin Buber

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Martin Buber
Age: 87 †
Born: 1878
Born: February 8
Died: 1965
Died: June 13
Bible Translator
Educator
Existentialist
Literary Editor
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
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Vienna
Austria
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This is the sacrifice: the endless possibility that is offered up on the altar of the form.
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When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God.' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.
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I shall teach you the best way to say Torah. You must cease to be aware of yourselves. You must be nothing but an ear that hears what the universe of the word is constantly saying within you. The moment you start hearing what you yourself are saying, YOU must stop.
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